Iridomyrmex anceps is an ant species of the genus Iridomyrmex. It has a very large distribution on multiple continents, but it is mainly distributed in northern Australia. Some specimens were found on multiple islands, and some were even found and collected in the United Arab Emirates.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Iridomyrmex |
| Species: | I. anceps
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| Iridomyrmex anceps Roger, 1863
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Iridomyrmex anceps has a similar appearance to Iridomyrmex agilis.[3] It was described by Julius Roger in 1863.[4]
I. anceps is one of the most common attendant ants for larvae of the imperial hairstreak butterfly, Jalmenus evagoras. [5]
References
edit- ^ Taylor R.W., Wilson, E.O. (1967). The ants of Polynesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). p. 78.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Roger, J (1863). Die neu aufgeführten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses nebst Ergänzung einiger früher gegebenen Beschreibungen. Berlin. p. 164.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Taylor, R.W. (1987). A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO. p. 33.
- ^ Heterick, B.E. (2011). Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (PDF). Melbourne: Zootaxa.
- ^ Biology of Australian butterflies. Kitching, R. L. (Roger Laurence), 1945-, CSIRO (Australia). Collingwood, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Pub. 1999. ISBN 0643050272. OCLC 40792921.
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